Halloween's approaching- Your top ten scary flicks?

[thedelihaus]

Originally Posted by whyaskit

Don't know that it would be my number one, just surprised not to see it, thats all.

I remember a movie that had someone (an old lady) in one of those old wheelchairs. She fell (or was pushed) down a flight of stairs. That is all I remember, I thought it was scary, mid 80's or earlier. Can't remember much more.

Any ideas?

Possibly "Rosematy's Baby"?

Trust me, I hate wheelchair flicks. I have a strong dislike and adversion to them- very unpleasant to me. You may be able to fgure out why.

And no offence taken. I just don't like 'em.

[speakerlust]

Understood...............Hey, got a clip of the movie the crate.....This part is when the creature first gets out....after that, you ain't seen nothing...scariest beast I ever saw.....ENJOY !!! ....P.S. .... i DARE YA TO TURN UP THE VOLUME..... When you watch this clip

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=71mx9BDin7Y

[whyaskit]

Sorry, I didn't think of that one. Its late and I and am typing form the hip.

I don't think it is Rosemays baby, if someone where to say (type) it I'd probably know it. I believe it was a ghost type of movie, if that helps. I'll leave it alone.

[thedelihaus]

Originally Posted by speakerlust

You must not have seen the movie ??? It also stars Gary Busey.....
The parts that I think are good are when they are looking for the werewolf in the fog and it starts killing them...as well when the sister goes to the garage
and finds the baseball bat and at the end when they are arguing that there are no werewolves and it smashes through the window ..... I think that it
was really well put together but we all have different tastes......
Creepshow, and only watch the skit, "The Crate" .......
Silver Bullet----A must see movie ----
The Hitcher---Rutger Hauer
Breakdown with Curt Russel
Aliens --- Make sure second movie---Not Alien.....
Predator --- First one only ....
An American Werewolf in London --- She'll get scared off and on
The Fog --- Adrianne Barbeau
Jurassic Park
Terminator Two

I seen it. Liked Gary "aBusey".

Otherwise, it was a load of crap.

If I want that type of torture, I'd eat at McDonalds big Mac, on a bad stomache.

[speakerlust]

COMIC RELIEF ........

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q2CTl6NlOY0


Did you as well watch this clip of the movie the crate ???

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=71mx9BDin7Y

[JerryM]

The original Psycho. Which I saw at age 8 when it first came out. (Really was not a movie for kids, but there were no ratings in those days.) I was scared out of my wits, and could barely look at the screen. So for me, that will always be #1.

[Sandy G]

Anybody else ever see "Sisters" a '73 flick w/Margot Kidder & Charles Durning ? Not too scary per se, just very suspenseful & the score...The Score made it 2X as scary as it would have been otherwise.

[deaner33]

1. Texas Chainsaw Massacre (original)
2. Halloween (original)
3. Dawn of the Dead (original)
4. Dawn of the Dead (remake)
5. Blair Witch
6. The Omen (original)
7. Trilogy of Terror (mainly He Who Kills)
8. Burnt Offerings
9. The Shining
10. Alien

Most of these are based on how scared I was the first time I saw them & I saw most of these as a kid. Blair Witch seems to be a love it/hate it movie - I got into it.
Honorable mentions:
Open Water - kind of same deal as Blair Witch
Audition

[kichijai]

Friday the 13th
Halloween
He Knows You're Alone --Tom Hanks first movie
Fiend Without a Face
Psycho
The Stepfather
Prom Night
Tales from the Crypt-1972

[fotno]

Not 10 surely, but here are three that you might not have heard of... Just might scare you and she both. In general, these films work by breaking the rules.

Session 9 (almost an entirely male cast - In an unpredictable setting)
May (A creative new take on Shelley's Frankenstein)
Audition (Japanese film) Has the honor(?) of having more people walk out of the theater than any other film in history. This one goes waaay too far.

As a horror movie aficionado, I like these films because there are NO spring loaded cats. They twist the genre, and earn their scares.

[KeninDC]

I know I'm repeating some, but this is MY list:

Exorcist - ol' scratch scares me, always will
Evil Dead - flying eyeballs
Night of the Living Dead (original) - "Johnny's got the keys"
Demon Seed - creepy and campy
Village of the Damned - George Sanders classes up this low-budget thriller
Halloween (original) - Donald Pleasance is also scary
Dracula (original) - ghoulish and the original "goth"
Body Snatchers (70s version) - classic paranoia and acid-soaked sound
Hellraiser - Pinhead gives me the willies
Rosemary's Baby - again, Satan is scary and John Cassavette's willingness to trade his child to Satan for wordly gain is chilling

Ken

[thedelihaus]

Originally Posted by fotno

Not 10 surely, but here are three that you might not have heard of... Just might scare you and she both. In general, these films work by breaking the rules.

Session 9 (almost an entirely male cast - In an unpredictable setting)
May (A creative new take on Shelley's Frankenstein)
Audition (Japanese film) Has the honor(?) of having more people walk out of the theater than any other film in history. This one goes waaay too far.

As a horror movie aficionado, I like these films because there are NO spring loaded cats. They twist the genre, and earn their scares.

Session 9- I know the director. Good flick. Saw it at it's Boston premiere, only to have a city brown-out end the flick 2/3rds through.

Audition- yeah- not an easy one to watch.

I preferred Suicide Club and Battle Royale.

[similost]

Geezzzz.. I can't believe not one person has mentioned my one and only most favorite classic horror flick.... PHANTASM...

and if that don't scare her.. take to her to see the one with Jane Fonda in it..

[Holst]

Hmmmm... I grew up watching "scarlet theatre" type flicks so there is a heavy influence.

The original "Mummy", the scene where the mummy gets up and leave near the beginning of the movie is possibly the scariest of the 1930's. Even if the acting is more than a bit over the top.

The Exorsist.

Alien

From Dusk Till Dawn

the original Frankenstein, acting is waaaaay over the top, but still a great monster.

Frenzy, not really a horror film but good an' scary.

Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956)

Wolfen'

Scanners

The Hidden

[Celt]

The Haunting (1963) with Julie Harris, Claire Bloom, Richard Johnson and Russ Tamblyn. Not gross or overtly creepy. In it the hauntings are implied, (suggested if you will) and it makes for a good unsettling movie.